The Sound of Silence

Frequently people struggle with mindfulness or meditation by aspiring to eliminate all the thoughts from their mind. Realise that making this effort to clear your head is likewise a thought. Discovering the silence in between your thoughts can be a really powerful technique to assist you to calm your mind and attain aspects of meditation.

As an alternative to focusing on the thoughts which you are attempting to clear from your mind, focus on the silence in between each thought. All the while, as you keep on focusing on the silence in between the thoughts, observe the silence expanding. Continue to focus on this silence in between your thoughts to ensure that it thrusts an increasing number of your thoughts to the edges of your mind. Gradually this silence will expand to grant you some calmness of mind, from where you can move ahead with your other mindfulness or meditation activities,

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Working with your Life Force

Much has been written about the power source associated with the human apparatus. The living energies which exist in all living things, manifest as your Life Force. You might identify with your Life Force energy as an inner awareness, your authentic spirit, your soul, to name but a few. Some will see this concept as mysterious, vague or intangible. The ability to work with your Life Force energies is not a mystery but is achievable via Cognition (a true calmness of mind) and Ekagrata (focused thought).

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The Intricate Mechanism

For your wellbeing, the functioning of the intricate human mechanism needs to be comprehended. As humanity we have been living within our material form, however, for the majority of us, the energy structure we live within is not fully understood. Even though the physical structure seems solid, it is largely void, enlivened by the underlying power source of your Life Force.

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From Nothingness

Everything which is manifested ultimately arises from silence. Your most pure thoughts arise from the nothingness of silence. Your words appear more profoundly if they have likewise come from the silence within. Your very essence, your Life Force emerged from the emptiness of the void. ♾ Awaken your Mind ♾

A Noisy Mind

The utmost aspiration for anybody undertaking meditation is to realise a comprehensive quietness of the mind. However, for many of us, this is frankly not achievable. If you have a noisy mind, attempting to attain an absolute silence of mind may be difficult to achieve. Typically, your very own attempts to quieten the mind will replenish your mind with the noise of thoughts similar to those which you are attempting to eliminate. While you might not have the ability to attain a total quietness of mind, you should not give up. After all, it is more important to focus on mastering your mind. The distinction being, that as you come to be that master, you can learn to focus your mind with one thought, so by banishing the noise to the background.

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Your Cosmic Actuality

The living energies which are present in all living things form the basis of life. Your Life Force has continual existence being formed of the energy which is cosmic in nature. Realise you are Life Force, made of the universe.

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Making Conscious Contact

There are numerous forms of meditation practised across the world. Many aspects of meditation involve bringing your mind’s attention to the present without wandering back to the past or drifting into the future. Meditation can be an important tool to help master your mind enabling you to make conscious contact with your highest self.

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The Hidden Flower

Your Life Force within is like a flower, that closes itself when darkness falls, but when the light of a new day again returns, it opens and expresses to all its true beauty. We are all like those flowers. We have closed ourselves from the light, through material thought, deed and emotion. Until we open up to the light and cast off the material illusions of life, we cannot express our true higher selves.

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